Daniel Munduruku (Belém do Pará, February 28, 1964) is a Brazilian writer and educator.[1] He is member of the Munduruku indigenous people. His children's books deal about traditional indigenous life and tales and have been awarded several prizes. Munduruku holds three undergraduate degrees in philosophy, History and Psychology. He has a master's degree in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in education by the University of São Paulo.[2]
Besides being a writer, he worked as a teacher and is involved in many organizations that strive for the culture and literature of the indigenous people of Brazil. Munduruku is president of the Instituto Indígena Brasileiro da Propriedade Intellectual (Brazilian Indigenous Institute of Intellectual Property), director of the Instituto Uk'a – A Casa dos Saberes Ancestrais (Uk'a Institute – The House of Ancient Knowledge) and president of the Academy of Letters of Lorena. He is managing director of the Museu do Índio of Rio de Janeiro.
Works
A primeira estrela que vejo é an estrela do meu desejo e outras histórias indígenas de amor
Honorable Mention in the UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance[3] (2003)
Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (Jabuti Literature Prize)(2004).[4]
Prize of the National Foundation for Children and Young People's Books Fundação Nacional para o Livro Infantil e Juvenil (FNLIJ) (2005)[citation needed]
Prize of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Literature)[citation needed]
Érico Vannucci Mendes Prize, of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development)[citation needed]
